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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Winter Olympic Games between 1924 and 2022. The Winter Olympic Games have been held every four years (once during each Olympiad ) since 1924, except for the cancelled Games of 1940 and 1944, and in 1994 when the Winter Games were moved ...
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but IOC finally chose Innsbruck instead. From 1994, Winter Olympics were held between Summer Olympic years. Starting with the 2004 Olympics, only the highest-rated cities are short-listed for the final IOC vote. [2] Innsbruck, Lake Placid, and St. Moritz are the only cities to have hosted two games ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1932 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, New York: February 7–15: 17: 252: 14 1960 Winter Olympics: Squaw Valley, California: February 2–20: 30: 665: 27 1980 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, New York: February 13–24: 37: 1,072: 38 2002 Winter Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah: February 8–24: 77: 2 ...
The IOC added a clause to Salt Lake's host contract, effectively demanding that local organizers — including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — push to shut down the investigation or risk losing the Olympics. “That was the only way that we could guarantee that we would get the Games,” Cox said after the announcement.
The International Olympic Committee was effusive in its support Wednesday for a decadeslong effort to bring back the Winter Games to Utah's capital city in 2034. Unlike so many other past hosts ...